Alcohol
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 37-41 , May 2002

Lymphocyte-mediated liver injury in alcohol-related hepatitis

  • Robert G. Batey

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Gastroenterology, John Hunter Hospital, Locked Bag 1, Hunter Regional Mail Centre, Newcastle, 2310, NSW, Australia. Tel.: +61-2-4921-3486; fax: +61-2-4921-3998.(R.G. Batey)
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  • Qi. Cao
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  • Belinda Gould

Received 23 November 2001 ,Revised 11 February 2002 ,Accepted 11 February 2002.

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